山明水秀

shānmíngshuǐxiù
  1. lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. fig. enchanting scenery

CEDICT

picturesque scenery; beautiful mountains and rivers

Wiktionary

形容山水秀麗，風景優美。宋．黃庭堅〈驀山溪．鴛鴦翡翠〉詞：「眉黛斂秋波，儘湖南、山明水秀。」《水滸傳．第五回：》「正行之間，貪看山明水秀，不覺天色已晚。」也作「山清水秀」、「水秀山明」。

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Entry Composition

1 山 shān (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

classifier: 座
2 明水 Míngshuǐ see 明水縣 Míngshuǐ Xiàn
3 秀 xiù
  1. (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
  2. (bound form) superior; excellent
  3. (loanword) show
  4. (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

Related entries

山清水秀 shānqīngshuǐxiù
  1. lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. fig. enchanting scenery